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Some of these sets did have annoying intermittents. Probably
related to environment like smoke, greasy cooking etc. Fixed them by soldering in all transistors & IC's, sand down contact pins for modules. Also bent in the tiny fingers on the modules for better contact & sprayed them down. G-2 controls got bad spots & sometimes the chromatic switch got touchy. A 330 ohm on the 9-90 would give int. problems when first going, same thing on 9-57 flat chassis. Upgrade to a 1 watt film. Also a 1.5 ohm in the H. out base on rear of chassis. The bottom chassis still uses ground lugs so watch that. For tuner drift ground the AFT white/blue wire at tuner. If still drifts its the tuner. If not the 150-190 IF strip or switch. 73 Zeno Quote:
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Be assured that I'll go through and DeOxit everything in the TV. I take cleaning very seriously when it comes to TV's. They will also be living in a dry, cool, dust free (constant vacuuming) environment.
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The Zenith already has the Sprague Orange Drop horizontal capacitor. Danny doesn't think the back was ever off the set.
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I got both of these TV's home today, and I'm quite pleased with their performance. I had to hook the Zenith directly up to the coax from the cable box because it did not like getting channel 16 for some reason. It has a very good picture except for some convergence issues. The RCA Colortrak however, is a different story. When I first hooked it up and tested it, I was BLOWN AWAY by its incredibly good picture. It is RAZOR SHARP with excellent colors. It plays much nicer than the Zenith with channel 16. The Zenith has a strange problem though. The 1976 13" CCII also did this. On the Charter TV guide, the picture is good with good sharpness and brightness and all that. But when the guide goes off, the actual program is way too dark. If you crank the brightness up, the guide becomes way too bright. There is no "happy medium." The picture shows the Colortrak recieving channel 16 UHF.
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I've been watching the Colortrak, and I've noticed something strange. A few minutes after you turn it on, you'll hear a very loud pop/arc sound. I think it's a loose module connection. I'll be Deoxiting all that stuff anyway.
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The RCA Colortrak cleaned up nicely and is working even better than before. The Zenith however, is being a peice of crap. I tried to clean the UHF tuner, and when I started to work it back and forth, the gears shattered. I'll go upstairs and clean it as normal, but this set is very high hours. Maybe it will be worth it.
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I may have spare tuners for that Zenith...
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I have an rca ctc-74 in mint like new condition plays great and weighs a ton.
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And i have a chromacolor II and 2 of it's small brothers.
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2 Motorola hybrid portables i have. one is missing the JA deflection module anyone here have an extra JA module. the crt's check excellent in these.
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Nice sets, RCAman. I also have that silver 13" portable, although it is currently back in Atlanta awaiting repair. It lost its HV while I was watching it one day.
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RCAman, here is an RCA console that says Colortrak and XL100 just like your table model. This is a picture from my friend Danny.
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THAT is the tv I have L-O-N-G wanted !! I have THREE remotes for it !!
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i also had one of those consoles put a brand new crt in it never could keep the video on it would blink on and off. i tried everything i could think of i can't even remember what i did with that tv. i loved the black marble top.
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